Blue Dragon Anime To Air On Cartoon Network
If you enjoyed Blue Dragon for the Xbox 360, but kept thinking "This would be better without all this game-y stuff," you're in luck, as Viz has announced that it's bringing the anime based on the game over from Japan to air on the Cartoon Network in the United States.
Although no firm premiere date is given beyond Spring, it's expected that the show will start airing around April, putting it on the air around a year after the show's original Japanese air date. Blue Dragon premiered in Japan April 7, 2007 and is just about to finish up it's run of 51 episodes.
For those unfamiliar with the game, the story focuses around a boy named Shu and his friends who have the ability to summon monsters from their shadows in order to protect the innocent victims of an ancient evil doer. The game was produced by Hironobu Sakaguchi, of Final Fantasy and more recently of Lost Odyssey. Akira Toriyama of Dragon Quest, Dragon Ball, and Chrono Trigger, produced the character design for the game and the show, and animation for the series is handled by Studio Pierrot, who also work on Naruto and Bleach.
VIZ MEDIA ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF BLUE DRAGON ON CARTOON NETWORK [Viz]
Dawdle
Posted to Television, Video Games on 1 March 2008
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Quick correction, Akira Toriyama did the character design for Chrono Trigger (love the game, not a fan of his art style, though). Nobuteru Yūki did the character design for Chrono Cross. As for this Blue Dragon anime, hopefully it will be better than the game (which would not be hard to accomplish...).
gah, thanks. That's what happens when your brain and fingers aren't working in concert.